Staple for mail-pouches



(No Model.)

A. A. DORRANGE. STAPLE FOB MAIL POUGHES.

No. 582,186. Patented May 11,1897.

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ALBERT A. DORRANOE, OF OOLDWATER, MICHIGAN.

STAPLE FOR MAlL-POUCHES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 582,186, dated May 1 1,1897.

Application filed December 16, 1895. Serial No. 572,276. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERTA. DORRANCE, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of Goldwater, in the county of Branch and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Staples for Mail-Pouches,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to staples for mailingpouches and mailing-boxes andfor similar purposes.

As mail-bags and mail-boxes have been heretofore constructed the staplefor the locking-hasp has been permanently joined either to the mail-bagor to the mail-box, as the case may be. The instructions from the Post-Office Department at Washington to the postoffice ofiicials throughoutthe country are that when for any reason a lock becomes inoperative orthe key becomes lost the staple be cut to open the pouch or box, as thecase may be, and that when it has been so opened it be sent to thedepartment at Washington for repairs.

The objects of my invention are to provide a staple for use in suchplaces which, when the pouch or box is unlocked, can be easily removedor replaced, but which will be held securely in position when the pouchis looked, as though it were riveted there. This will save the necessityof returning the entire pouch or box to the department when it isnecessary to cut a staple. The cut staple might be returned in case itis necessary to have something to return as a voucher. I accomplishthese objects of my invention by the devices and means shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view of the upper end ofa mail-pouch embodying all of the features of my invention. Fig. 2 is anenlarged detail view of the staple and hasp. Fig. 3 is a detailsectional view on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional viewon line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail sectionalview of amodificationtaken on'a line corresponding to line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

In the drawings all of the sectional views are taken looking in thedirection of the little arrows at the end of the section-lines, andsimilar letters of reference refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

Referringto the lettered parts of the drawings, A represents amail-pouchor mail-box.

A represents the locking-strap.

Ois the hasp.

B is the staple. The staple B is secured to a disk B. A disk D is placedon the opposite side of the wall of the pouch and is secured there byrivets F, which pass through a disk E on the outside of the pouch.Projecting outwardly from the disk D is a screw D, on which the disk B,bearing the staple, is screwed. When it is turned down tight to the bagand the strap and hasp O are placed over the same, the lock is insertedand the staple will be found to be securely held so long as the lock isin place, because the hasp acts upon it as a wrench upon a bolt andprevents its being unscrewed.

Where the staple is to be usedupon a mailbox, the screw D is formed onthe disk B and screws into the wall of the box, which is the mostpractical for the purpose, although the construction could be made thesame as before. The disk B, which bears the staple, could be secured toa mail-pouch or mail-box by a screw or screws from the inside of thepouch and answer the purpose very Well.

I desire to state that the details of my improved staple are capable ofconsiderable variation without departing from my invention, and-thismust be clearly apparent to a great extent from an examination of theforegoing specification. 7

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the disk B, the staple B, thereon; a plate D, thescrew D, projecting outwardly therefrom from the inside of a mail-sack;the plate E, secured to the outside with rivets F, F, extending throughthe same to secure the plate D, in position; and a hasp O, to fit saidstaple B, and prevent its being loosened by unscrewing to form adetachable staple for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of a staple B; a disk B, bearing the same; a pouch orbag or box;

with which said disk has a screw-threaded connection; and a hasptoengage said staple and prevent its rotation to unscrew the same,

for the purpose specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presenceof two witnesses.

ALBERT A. DORRANOE. [L. s.] Witnesses:

WILLARD S. HAWLEY, J UDSON L. BASSETT.

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